by Zeke Flores<\/p>\n
“All these blessings will come upon you and overtake you if you obey Yahweh your<\/em> God<\/em>” (Deuteronomy 28:2).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Deuteronomy 28 outlines blessings and curses. The point isn’t transactional; it’s relational.<\/p>\nObedience aligns Israel with God’s design, which naturally leads to stability and flourishing.
\nMoses wants Israel to understand that obedience isn’t restrictive. It’s protective. Blessings “overtake” because obedience places you in the path of what God intends.\nIn your life, obedience positions you to experience the outcomes God designed. It doesn’t guarantee ease, but it aligns you with God’s wisdom.<\/p>\n
Deuteronomy 28 encourages you to see obedience as not only an obligation, but alignment with relationship.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
by Zeke Flores “All these blessings will come upon you and overtake you if you obey Yahweh your God” (Deuteronomy 28:2). Deuteronomy 28 outlines blessings and curses. The point isn’t transactional; it’s relational. Obedience aligns Israel with God’s design, which naturally leads to stability and flourishing. Moses wants Israel to understand that obedience isn’t restrictive.…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27],"tags":[1095],"class_list":["post-97961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","tag-blessings"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":97402,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/not-because-of-your-righteousness\/","url_meta":{"origin":97961,"position":0},"title":"Not Because of Your Righteousness","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"August 18, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"by Zeke Flores \"It is not because of your righteousness ... for you are a stubborn people\" (Deuteronomy 9:6). 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Hamilton Text: Psalms 119:9-16 \u00a0 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0It is frequently stated that the difference between the Old and New Testaments is that the Old emphasizes the physical and the New the spiritual \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0In part, it comes from passages like \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Romans 2:28-29 - The true Jew is inward, not outward\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Audio"","block_context":{"text":"Audio","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/audio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":19700,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/what-constitutes-obedience\/","url_meta":{"origin":97961,"position":5},"title":"What Constitutes Obedience? (Hamilton)","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"March 4, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Text: Matthew 21:28-32 \u00a0 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0When is obedience truly obedience? \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0People seem to have varying ideas about what obedience actually means. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Perhaps not by words, but definitely by what is done. II.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Inadequate obedience \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Inaction \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Matthew 21:28-32 - The one son claimed he would obey, but did nothing\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Audio"","block_context":{"text":"Audio","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/audio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97961\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}